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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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